My friendly, step-by-step approach works well for students, including those challenged by Asperger Syndrome or a mood disorder. I use the tools below to help all kinds of young people succeed with all their college writing, from the application essay to the senior paper:
- a free half-hour initial consult
- an informal or formal needs assessment, as appropriate
- my insider’s eye, since I teach at the college level
- an individualized action plan
- weekly sessions to review and guide homework
- fun and inspiring writing lessons
- time management support
- thesis-shaping sessions
- research tips
Contact me now at 917-319-4100 or at moc.h1713240163caoCg1713240163nitir1713240163WFL@a1713240163siL1713240163 to get started or to ask any questions.
Sample Action Plan and Fees for a Student
| Context: | A student is about to start college as a math major. She has a gift for solving algebraic equations but does not have a lot of patience for courses outside her field. Still, she understands that one purpose of going to college is to broaden her horizons. |
| Goals: | Reframe student’s procrastination habit; empower her to keep and follow her own schedule for classes, homework, and gym workouts; develop her ability to think about the connections between the literature she reads and her own life; practice a paper-writing process that includes a quick and messy first draft, followed by a thesis-refining session, and then a close-to-finished second draft. |
| Action plan: | I consulted with the student and her parents. We agreed that the student would benefit from being able to call or email me with any school-related questions or concerns and from keeping a daily log about successes and problems at school and with homework. She emails me her work, which I review. We discuss her log entries and her assignments at our Monday morning meetings, which we have committed to for the course of the semester. |
| Fee: | $180/week |